http://blog.washingtonhikes.com Off-trail musings, miscellaneous pictures, and other stuff Mon, 09 Jul 2007 05:51:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today we made our annual trek up to Silver Peak to celebrate our first meeting -- it's been three years now! This 4th hike of Silver Peak featured much more snow than any of the previous years. We encountered it pretty early in the hike, and there were at ... http://blog.washingtonhikes.com/2007/07/08/third-hike-iversary-silver-peak/ So we finally, finally got out hiking again on the 4th of July. With wedding planning, marathon training (cut short for yours truly, after discovering I have no articular cartilage left in my knee), travel, and out of town guests, it's been quite a challenge finding a free day ... http://blog.washingtonhikes.com/2007/07/06/its-about-time/ Karen Sykes has an article in the P-I today about just how bad the storms have ravaged our favorite trails... "This is the time of year when hikers begin thumbing through guidebooks to plan summer outings. But planning hikes is going to be a challenge this year, maybe the worst in ... http://blog.washingtonhikes.com/2007/05/10/depressing-trail-update-from-karen-sykes-in-the-p-i-today/ I've been extremely lazy about updating the site; I've finally put up a snowshoe we did in the last week of January. Skyline Ridge was a great bonus to our weekend in Leavenworth - we hit it on the way back to Seattle.  It was recommended to us during breakfast by ... http://blog.washingtonhikes.com/2007/03/13/finally-finally-an-update/ After kidnapping me after work for a surprise weekend getaway in the Cascades, Lisa proposed to me during a snowshoeing trek Saturday. Our first meeting 2 and a half years ago was on a hike, so it was so perfect to have it happen in the mountains. The ring was tied ... http://blog.washingtonhikes.com/2007/01/29/were-engaged/ http://newsroom.blogs.oregonlive.com/default.asp?item=277863 Two lost hikers found; one arrested Posted by The Oregonian Newsroom November 13, 2006 08:17 Two lost hikers were found cold and wet Sunday night by Oregon State Police troopers and a Marion County sheriff's deputy after they got lost in the Silver Falls State Park area. ... http://blog.washingtonhikes.com/2006/11/13/if-you-need-rescuing-you-might-want-to-make-sure-you-dont-have-any-outstanding-warrants/ http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003386501_natparks10m.html "Mount Rainier National Park has been completely closed to visitors for the first time in recent memory, after swollen rivers devoured chunks of roads, swallowed several campgrounds, cut electricity to much of the park and forced Park Service employees to flee their headquarters. "It's really kind of an amazing amount of ... http://blog.washingtonhikes.com/2006/11/10/mount-rainier-national-park-closed-due-to-damage-caused-by-recent-rains/ Olympic National Park rescuers on Thursday are continuing their search for two hikers who planned a one-night backpacking trip but failed to show up for work. Searchers and dog crews are looking for Neil Twilla of Silverdale and Jeff Mersmann of Bremerton in the Upper Lena Lake area of the park. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/291740_hiker09ww.html ---------- UPDATE:  ... http://blog.washingtonhikes.com/2006/11/09/hikers-missing-in-olympic-national-park/ Use coupon code SNOWGEAR to receive $20 off a purchase of $100 or more at REI.com. Expires 11/16/2006. http://blog.washingtonhikes.com/2006/11/01/rei-20-off-100-or-more/ Yeah, me too. Check out this oft-updated thread over at NWHikers.net to see some great photos our fellow hikers have taken. There are people with some real talent out there. http://blog.washingtonhikes.com/2006/11/01/like-photos/